Saturday, June 19, 2010

Hey, did you know that Portland is having like, the wettest spring on record or something like that? The 10-day forecast can seriously suck a fart out of my butt. My tomato plants are languishing, frozen in place by shitty weather and turning black from too much rain.

On the up side, my peas are doing awesome, I have carrots going crazy, and maybe someday it will stop raining for more than a day or two at a time. I keep promising that I'll stop complaining about it but SERIOUSLY WHAT THE EVERLOVING HELL!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!? IT IS THE MIDDLE OF JUNE AND I STILL HAVE MY HEAT ON.

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I feel your pain. Seattle has been similar. I'm freezing my butt off right now, but I refuse to turn the heat back on as a matter of principle because it's fraking June 19th! All my garden seems to be producing is lettuce and kale. All the other plants would appreciate some summer sun.

I seriously can't imagine! We are in southern California and it is so freaking dry all the time! I have to say I'm just a little bit jealous, although today was cool, sunny and lovely, so I guess that's ok too.

So funny! (well not really). Here in Nevada the weather has been so weird as well. Usually this time of year we are cranking the swamp cooler and huddling indoors to escape the heat. We haven't even thought about installing our swamp cooler...Sigh.

Uhh...yeah. Tell me about it. I made soup last night because it was cold out and flat bread along with it. Also made strawberry rhubarb hand pies. The oven heated up the house so I didn't actually have to turn on the real heat, which was very much needed. I need some sun!

Those peas are beautiful! And I am trying here in PDX to resist making a big pot of soup because big pots of soup are for JANUARY, damnit, and I am sick of soup.

Oh, and as another new gardener, if you are still having slug visitors, I have also read that coffee grounds can help -- the grounds also add good nutrients to the soil, so win-win. Just check maybe this is true for all plants (don't want to be responsible for killing your garden off!).

But with your coffee shop connections, I thought you probably have access to lots! We've just been saving our daily pot's worth to toss in.